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LATEST CABLES.
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"SHIPPING STRIKE.
TEN BRITISH STEAMERS TIED UP AT SYDNEY
LONDON TROUBLE IN DYKE,.
SYDNEY, August 24th. • Ten British steniners are idle. Their crews total 2,000 of whom 1,000 ure practically hoincless. The remaining 400 fare allowed to remain aboard pending a
settlement...
A message from Melbourne states that coloured crews on four British steamers- principally Lascars-refused to attend a
trike meeting".
LONDON ALL QUIKT
Lopos, August 24th
it secus that the strike at the London locka, mentioned on August "and, his fizzled out. Pickets, previously posted, have been withdrawn and all is quiet. Duck officials report that men are coming
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH,
LATEST CABLES:
FRENCH DEBT TO UK.
NEWS.
CABLE
FAR EASTERN
CAILLAUX AND CHURCHILL MEET
TO: DISCESS PAYMENT::
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HATTAN WATEMAN,
LONDON, August, 21th.,
1925
3878) CLAIM..
CHINESE BROKERS IN COURT.
TAXI COMPANY SUED.
DRIVER WINS HIS CASE
MILITARY FUNERAL.
GUNNER BOWLES, R.GIA
Gunner Bowles, R.O.A died in the In the Summary Court yesterday after The Paisie Judge (Mr. Justice Wood) military hospital, yesterday morning, noon, before the Puisne Judge (alt. in the Summary Court yesterday morn The funeral, which was in accordance Justice Wood) Cheung Chun Ming & Co., ing, gave judgment in the case in which sued Chan Chan Nam & Co., for, 657838 Chan Siu Hai sued the Hongkong and damages for breach of a contract, dated Kowloon Taxicab Company for $100, Roman Catholic cemetery, Happy Valley, June 8th last and made between the last evening.
3. Caillaux and H. Winston Churchill AWAITENG FAVOURABLE WEATHER with military rifer, took place at the
niet ut, the Treasury at noon to discuss. the payment of France's debt to Britain, amounting to un millions sterling. The contrast between the British and French viewpoints is illustrated in the respective Press comments to-day,
British newspapers emphasise that Britain expects to receive payments equal to those paid to America,"
Echo de Puris says agreement is in possible unless it is admitted that France is unable to assume a birden beyond, her strength.
Le Gaulenia" maintains that statistics
prove that the French are indirectly
more heavily taxed than the British; moreover, the British must not consider the question purely from a fœal point of view.
De acele considers that the success of M. Caillaug's mission depends
shopkeeper.
"TO RESUME JOURNEY.
Maxına, "August 24th. The Italian airman, Major the Marquis Di Pinedo, has landed at Antimonon, in Tayabas province, where he is awaiting favourable weather to resume his journey to Manila
Firm
plaintiffs and defendants for the purchase being the sum be paid on undertaking to of 1,000 Shanghai Dock shares at is 1981 learn to drive while in the employ of the The coin, placed on a gun-carriage, per share, on which there was a balance and headed by the band of the 2nd due of $878,39. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, was while Mr. McCallum was Counsel for Mr. Haywood appenved for the plaintiff, drawn to the cemetery by the late gun-defendant. ner's, comrades. Two officers and a num Plaintiff said he bought shares from a vice. The Company claimed that the. Chinese broker, paying Tis. 138 Defend action was barred by the Statute of ber of men from all ranks of the R.G..ant was to take delivery on July 28th Frauds, but he held that the action was
PREVIOUS ANXIETY,
MANILA, August 23rd, Major Di Pinedo is overdue from Cebu
the whence he started seven hours ago. It is believed that he was forced to land owing Ite storms,
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UNEQUAL TREATIES -ISSUE," POWERS TO SEND IDENTIC NOTE
TO PEKING
PERINO, August 24th.
plaintif sited on a contract of hired sar
His Lordship said that in this case
followed the cortège and were present at The market rate that day was Tis 100,
but he only claimed the amount on the outside the Statute, Plaintiff'a original" grave side.
writ. Defendant told him that he could claim was for $100 paid by him to do. not take delivery on that day and had since refused to pay
THE LATE MR. FUNG... FUNERAL AT HAPPY VALLEY LAST EVENING.
istward and signing un skips as required upon whether he meets & realeinan ore day or two, will send to the Waichinops Ne 117, Queen's Road East, on Sunday,
OUR GOOD MEN."
The death of Mr. S. Fung, a member of the reporting staff of the South China It is expected that the Powers, within Morning Post, took place at bis home,
an identic Note, in reply to the Chinese Government's Note of June 24th, on the after an iness of long duration. The Headquarters of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union said, to-day that all
Referring to the situation in China subject of the so-called Unequal Treaties. and India, L'Ere Nouvelle says that this. It is understood that the substance of leaves an aged mother, three sisters ships effected by the trouble at the Lon-is not the time to discuss Billa. but to
the reply has been agreed upon and that an elder brother. the document is now being drafted in lon" Docks had sailed; no men had left close ranks and face the threatening world
Peking.
their ships.
An ocial at the Tilbury Branch aid: Our fellows are good men and acting very decently. There is nothing Bolshevik about them"
ULOSE RANKS.”
conflagration...
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Le Matin denies that M. Caillaux is disposed to offer fifteen millions sterling annually. The journal declares that the last offer of the French experts was a maximum of ten millions. Negotiations were adjourned because this offer declined.
WAS
EARLIER CABLES:
. CAILLAUX'S HOPES.
PARIS, August 23rd.
MELBOURNE, August 23rd.. In response to a request by Mr. Joseph Havelock, Wilson, President of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union, and British shipowners, Mr. Bruce telegraphed urging State Premiers to protect seamen desiring to carry out! M. Caillaux departed for Loudon at red contracts and expressed the viewmidday for the debt discussions without that it was unthinkable to admit the revealing a hint of what proposals in principle that Australians are entitled intended to make, though he told to dictate on wages or conditions in any journalists that if a Gentleman's offer British industry, and urging seamen to meant one which could me fulfilled such refuse to be the tools of extrciaists, whose an offer he would make... nction he hoped that Australian trade anionists would condemn.
ADIEU TO NEW ZEALAND. AMERICAN FLEET SAILS FROM: WELLINGTON.
WELLINGTON, August 24th. The American Fleet, the largest ever seen in the southern hemisphere, left New Zealand to day. The Flagship Seattle led an "imposing procession out of the barbour ́at 10 o'clock, this mording Four seaplanes soared overhead. The weather was showery and visibility bad, but thouanads lined the hills and foreshore and packed the wharves and roofgardens of the city.
The most friendly farewell messages were exchanged between Admiral Coontz. and the Governor-General and Prime Minister,.
SEARCHLIGHT · DISPLAY.
WALLINGTON August 23rd.
TO PUNISH ROAD HOGS.
HOME WRITER'S WHIMSICAL. SUGGESTION.
The due chasteaing of the "scorching and reckless motorista type by no meana unknown in the Colony of Hongkong-is the theme of a writer in the Daily Telegraph. Says he
and
fendants under the contract, and as the Cross examined plaintiff denied that determs of it had not been fulfilled?) fendant came to see him a week before became entitled to the money. The writ the date of completion. He would admit
that he had the writ issued two days after had been amended, and there was an asking defendant to settle up
alternative claim for the same sum as damages for breach of contract by wrong-
fut dismissal. Summary disinissal with
Mr. McCallum; I put it to you that ,!, 5.',,‚I
of various shares, is it not-Yes,
This was merely for the purpose of settling anong themselves Yes,
Defendant never agreed to compromise in this matter He did one or two days after Settlement Day, before the writ was issued.
His Lordship: Have you got 100 Shang hat. Docks?—No... At present I have not, When you asked defendant to pay our July 29th had you these shares No. out sufficient cause was admitted by the you did not purchase there shares at all: defendants, and they said plaintiff and Heo, but I had made the arrangements month's salary as damages for this breach
for getting then met and arranged a flat rate of the value sufficient compensation to
It. is common knowledge, that brokers of contract. This, they considered, was Piniatiff accepted "this sum `în part satisfaction of his claim, and now sued for the additional gun is danrages. on the ground that he had been deprived of the opportunity of claiming the refund of $100 on completion of three years service. His Lordship was of opinion 1 put it to you he did not compromise that plaintiff was entitled to some assess and, has done nothing else but ask for ment of dainages in respect of thin time to pay since the weit was issued amount of the claim, and that the correct If I gave him time other people would not assessment would be such a sum us with compound interest at 9 per cent., as from give me time.
the date of the writ would amount to 3100 on the date which would have been the completion of three years" - service, Mr. McCallum argued that purchase was plaintiff to pay defendnuts the costs of never completed because plaintiff could amending the writ, and after that not pay for the shares himself. There was fendants to pay the costs of plaintiff. certainly a liability to purchase, but no" purchase.
An old St. Joseph's Collegs boy, ha was only 24 years of age. A few months ngo he took an extended hoilday in Japan and North China. He returned to work two month.
ago hut sons fell ill again and was admitted to the French Hospital, from where he returned to his home a few days before his death. The funeral took place at the Roman Catholic
To make the punishment as the crime Cemetery, Happy Valley, last evening, is the ambition of every magistrate since and was attended by several relatives, his Drned. Their methods are various. Some colleagues of the South China Morning: temper justice with mercy. Some temper mercy with justice. Some have no temper fost and many friends... for either. But it is generally agreed by those in whom no recent grudge is rank He emphasised his confidence in the ling that they do their best in circum spirit of fairness of Great Britain and stances of growing difficulty. Certain raid that he would be inspired with deter problems they have not solved, and they mination to uphold France's traditional show up to the present, no form which reputation for honesty. While bearing in | looks like success. Most urgent of these mind the past and the rights derived dificulties is the wanton motorist. The from that past, he would enter into belief bold by: certain Benches that the negotiations from the standpoint of per-motor-engine was invented to pay the manent friendship.
RIFF COAST BOMBARDED.
NATIVE ARTILLERY DAMAGED,
MADRID, August 23rd.
A communiqué states that airmen and battleship yesterday carried out a most vigorous bombardment of the Riff const opposite Albucemas, seriously damaging the enemy's artillery.
The Riffs replied to the battleship's fre.
CYCLING CONTEST.
WINNER'S LUCKY ESCAPE.
A majestic spectacle was witnessed in
AMSTERDAM, August 23rd... the harbour last night, during a search
The world's professional hundred-kilo- light display by the American warships metres cycling championship was won by on the occasion of a farewell, ball given Grassin (France) in 80mins. 0.4-3secs. by Admiral Coontz aboard the U.S.S. Snork (Holland) was second, and Sères Pennsylvania, at which the Governor (France) third. General and leading citizens were pre- ! After the race it was discovered that Grassin's bicycle was 'damaged, and that another. kilometre would have exposed the rider to serious accident,
The battleships were illuminated from stem to stern, and the noteworthy gather- ing of warships was a record one for any harbour in the Southern hemisphere.
COMMUNISTS IN FRANCE. THIRTY POLICEMEN INJURED IN
MARSEILLES CLASH
MARSEILLES," August 24th. - Thirty policemen were injured in a clash with Communists, who were trying to hold a procession after a meeting The injured Communists included Deputy Doriot, who has been conspicuous in opposition to the Moroccan campaign, and the well known lendor, M. Treint
THE SECURITY PACT:
FRENCH TRAIN SMASH.
Dujos, August 23rd An express from Paris collided with a stationary train in a siding to day. There were several casualties.
Three persons were killed and twenty injured,
JAPANESE AIRMEN.
REACH MOSCOW ON
·LATER.
LONDON WAY TO
Moscow, August 23rd. Two Japanese seroplanes, which loft Tokyo on July 26th, have arrived, en BRITISH LABOUR DENOUNCES IT route for Hondon,
AS MILITARY DANGER
The pilots were formally welcomed by representatives of the Government and scientific aircraft organisations.
MARSEILLES, August 24th The Socialist Congress, mentioned on “August 22nd, was stumped to find a text for the resolution regarding the Security Pact, acceptable to the British as well as the French German delegates.
Mr. Noel Buxton, on behalf of British Labour, criticised the pact as a military danger directed against Russia, where apon, the French and German spokesinen defended the pact.
BALLIER CABLES,
DIPLOMAT KILLED.
RIGA, August 3rd rovicz, the Latvian Foreign was killed in a motor necidant
COMMUNTS EXPELLED.
FRENCH ACTIVITY UNABATED.
'« PARIS, August 23rd:"" The Government's energetic action against the Communists continues un- abated.
Yesterday 2 British, Spanish and 5. Bulgarian Communists were expelled.
L'Echo de Paris, anys that an official of the Soviet Embassy, also the son of member of the Russian trade delegation are among those arrested at a meeting of Georgian Communists on August 21st. Both were released on the intervention of the Soviet Embassy
police rate has confused the issue. But it will be acknowledged by all reasonable owners and drivers that an effective policy. for the suppression of dangerous' driving has not yet been discovered, and is much to be desired.or
CHINESE INTELLIGENTSIA.” JOURNAL AND AGENCY TO SPREAD
THEIR VIEWS.
The dealie Jerce Service, in a message from Feking, dated August 18th, states that for the purpose of spreading Chinese viewpoints abroad, the leaders of the Chinese students and educationists have. organized a news agency, called the Chinese Telegraph Agency, and a new paper, called the Kuo Din Sin Pao or Vetional Daily News
His Lordship Defendant did not un dertake to buy from you, but instructed you to buy for him -Yes.
Defendant sd that he had never com promised on the 'fat rate basis, and be could not pay Because the client to whom he was selling.was not in Hongkong.
Evidence was given by a friend of plaintiff, who said he had the shares in question and would have disposed of them to plaintiff on August 8th, and His Lord ship adjourned the case, until Friday.
MOTHER, MOTHER.".
REMARKABLE STORY IN CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING.
Pablic opinion, no doubt, is inclining to favour more and more drastic punishment, but the sequel to severity is often sympathy for the ofender and condona tion for the offence. It is of the first importance that the dangerous driver should be kept in a position of complete unpopularity. Let us by all means, if we The foreign news department of the can, ensure that he should have a most Chinese telegraph news agency will be unpleasant time, but it is even more im-controlled and edited by a certain" portant that be should be the subject of foreign newspaperman who was formerly contempt. A punishment which could in Shanghai and Hankow, and the agency little girla✨ combine these two penalties would be expects to beat all existing news agencies in China within a short period. These the most efficient deterrent.
news enterprises will make their debut on September 1st.
road.
HOLOGRAPHIC "WILL.,
HONGKONG RESIDENTIN
SHANGHAI PETITION.
A decision of the, greatest importance was given by His Honour: Judge M. D. Purdy in the United States Court for China, at Shanghai, "on" August 18th, affecting the validity of holographic wills executed by Affèrican Citizens in China. The case came before the Court on am applicaton to admit to probato the holo graphic will of Frank Portland Long,
deceased.
In giving judgment, Judge Purdy said
The leaders of the Chinese intelligen Un June 22nd, a Chinese woman resid- tsis" complain that Chinese news anding in Shamshuipo, lost her little daugh- The petitioner, Mrs. Hethe Emily despatches have been distorted by the ter, aged nine years à few days ago, a Kemp, a British subject, residing in the foreign correspondents so that the real woman from our of the Hakka villages Crown Colony of Hongkong, has present- situation in China is unknown to the for in the Shamshuipo district, offered to ed to this court for probate, the hole- eigners at home.
sell her a little girl for #150. This little graphic will, of Frank Portland Long, an girl was the missing child. American citizen, who formerly resided in The story was unfolded at the Kowloon-Yunnanfu, China, where he died on Magistracy yesterday when a Hakka August 30th, 102. The wil, which has woman was charged with kidnapping two been filed with the clark of this court, appears to have been executed, by the Defendant denied the charge of kid- testator on November 10th, 1916, in the napping, but admitted that she had har presence of one P. Safrany, and after boured them. She said that she and her making certain minor bequests, which own daughter were in a cate-shop in need not here be specifically enumerated, Yanmati, when the little girls came up leaves the entire estate of the and were given- somh cake. They then testator, including the proceeds of two went home with her daughter, and were life insurance policies, is equal parts to given some rice. They were afterwards his mother and his old chum Hettie Emily taken back to Tzumati and were told (Razavet) Kemp, the petitioner herein. that they must try to find their way The testator's mother and brother-in-law, home, but the same evening they again Alexander Jackeazic, and Hettie Emily
Kemp are appointed as sole executors IMPORTANT QUESTION OF LAW. The will is holographic, having been written wholly in the hand-writing of the testator, and was apparently witnessed by locality, and used to take the children a person nanied P. Safrany. The seler with her. She had done this almost daily law, and is, as to whether in this juris
question now before.. the court is one of since the children were first missing, but dietion & will can be accepted as valid they had not been recognised by anyone without its baving been attested by af The mother of one of the little girls least two witnesses, as required by See..
THE ROMANCE OF THE COWHERD.
A GREAT DAY FOR CHINESE GIRLS.
"[FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ]
returned to her bousar
It has been discovered. To a magistrate in California belongs the honour. The cable leaves him anonymous while giving the name of the offender; such is the injustice of fame. A girl undergraduate was charged with exceeding the apced limit. She was sentenced to eppy out the whole of the legislation ou motors. It covers, we are told, fifty pages, for the Legislature is. terse in America. Even so in the brave days of old did ou
The detective sergeant in charge of the pastors, and masters set impositions of so
case, stated that the children had not many lines to write out-s whole book To-day (August 25th) being the 7th day been ill-treated in any way and had of the Eneid'or more for dire transgres of the 7th moon according to the Chiness apparently been well feil. Defendant was sions. The modern pedagogue, they say calendar, is the anniversary of the reaccustomed to collect pig-wash in the has abolished this penalty as dreary and union of the cowherd and the weaving deadly dull. It was. But what could girl in the Chinese legend, and Chinese be better for the scorching driver! What girls are duly celebrating the occasion.
Legend anys that the king of haven more potent deterrent than the thought. of a quiet, lonely call and a large, fat one day saw below on the banks of a copybook? For you will observe that the river a cowherd and a weaving girl, and said that she lost her child on June 22nd, 1628 of the District of Columbia Code penalty is just such as to be most intoler-both were diligent in their respective and did not see her again until she saw able to the fretful, pervous, reckless pocupations be thought they would match her with defendant. She had been told of decisions by this court in which it has I am aware that there is a long line. mind, and involves an ignominy of child well, and accordingly arranged for their that the natives of a Hukka village close been held over and over again by my bood most offensive to the type of human marriage. After the happy event, how-by werp in the habit of stealing children, nature which gives us the ruffians of the ever, the couple thought more of each and that there were several small girls decessors that holographic wills are other than of their service to the king, there for sale. A month or so ago she without attesting, witnesses, and it is valid in this jurisdiction, when exeunted who was unusually displeased. He had gone to reside in Reclamation Street, with extreme reluctance that I have ordered them to be separated, but yas and from that time the defendant use reached the conclusion, in the considora kind enough to decree that they might to call at her house for pigwash tion of this case, that those decisions meet once a year, and the 7th day of the Someone told witness that defendant cannot longer be regarded as the law 7th moon is the anniversary of reunion, came from the Hakka village, and which should be applied in this juris According to the legerd, when the suggested that witness should tell her that diction. If the matter involved related couple moet the crows form a bridge for the wished to buy a little girl. Witness merely to the constriction of interpreta- them to cross and the seven fair virgins did so, and next day defendant brought tion of a statute, I would feel quite of heaven join, in the congratulation and two little girls Beither of them being hor disposed to apply the rule which had bee assemble at the bridge to see them pass daughter, but she did not buy one The invoked in many prior decisions, however in the festival, but the woman who have brought her another little girl for whom pretation and construction of the law or Unmarried women take most interest next day defendant came again and much I might disagree with the inter- been married less than 12 months niso she said she wanted 8160. The child look particular statuto mvolved, But it seems play a fairly prominent part The ed up and said Mother, Mother: She to me that the prior decisions of this. festival lasts two nights and one day, was her own little girl. Defendant then court, holding holographic wills valid in Typhoon in about 120 deg long. E. Marting on the evening of the 6th and said that if plaintiff wore the girl's mother, this jurisdiction without two attesting
18 deg. Lat. N., direction unknown.ending on the night of the 7th
she must have compensation for having witnesses, are so directly and manifestly In Hongkong there is a celebration in kept her opposed to the plain and explicit law of Typhoon in about 138 deg Long Lee Yuan in Wanchai, where admission The mother of the other little girl said the United States which this court is
19 deg. Lat. Ni, "inclining North is by ticket.
www she lived with the previous witness. Her bound to follow and apply, as to leave ward ver Received at 11.25 am. August 24th boys and men are not wanted. In prac little girl on June 22nd and she had not rule those decisions.
It is girl festival and is theory daughter had accompanied the other no other course open to me but to over- Typhoon in about 8 deg Long Etice, however, most of the feasts are preteen her again until she was brought 18 deg. Lat. N., direction unknown pared for the benent of the sterner sex, back on Sunday. She had been told that Typhoon in about 139 deg. Long. E and if the men did absent themselves she had been harboured by defendant.
there would doubtless be considerable caso was adjourned until Thurs
So we appeal to all the quorum not fines next time for the bad cases, not even prison, but a few hundred lines, ar few thousand. That, we protest, will mollify their manners and prevent them heing beusta,
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
The American Consulate General re ceived the following typhoon warnings from the Manila Observatory by cable as under
Received at 10a.m. August 23rd
29 deg Lat N, recurving north
eastward.
I disappointment.
The c day,
After further dealing with the subject
at great length, His Worship ordered thint
the petition of Mrs. Kemp for ALİBLiSSION to probate, of the holographic will of Frank Portland Long be denied